The Village
TIMES HERALD Stony Brook • old Field • Strong’S neck • Setauket • eaSt Setauket • South Setauket • Poquot t March 17, 2016
Volume 41, No. 3
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Junior Iron Chef Competition returns also: Home & garden Show, ‘Music Man’ at CMPaC, ‘First Date’ at SCPa, Scandinavian Heritage Fair
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Dancing with Wolves Warney tallies career-high 43 points in america east finals victory, helps team earn program’s first Division I bid to NCaa tournament Preserving history
Three Village’s recreational ‘hot spot’ celebrates historical designation
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By Desirée Keegan
After earning its first trip to the NCAA as a Division I team, it was only fitting for the Stony Brook men’s basketball team to have a proper send-off. Fans young and old came out donning the Seawolves’ red and white, waving pom-poms and throwing up homemade banners and posters to show support for their favorite college basketball team. “It’s great for the school and great for the community and great for exposure,” senior Stony Brook standout Jameel Warney said. “You play to win. You play for admiration from the fans. We love the community and it’s great to be here. We’re coming out to win. We’re going to work out hardest and give it our all.” Warney, just days prior, tallied a career-high 43 points in the Seawolves’ 80-74 victory over
‘We made history. You guys have been there for us all season long, we love everybody and we’re going to go to the dance and make history.’ — Carson Puriefoy
The University of Vermont in the America East Championship at the sold-out Island Federal Credit Union Arena. Warney was a remarkable 18for-22 from the field to go with a 7-for-10 showing from the free-throw line. The Seawolves senior added 10 rebounds and four blocks in his final home game at Stony Brook. Warney’s third-consecutive double-double gave him 59 for his Seawolves career. He tallied 25 of his 43 points in the second half. The 43-point, career-best performance eclipses his 36-point outing against the University of Hartford on Feb. 8. It is also the highest total in the Division I
era by any Seawolves player. Senior Carson “Trey” Puriefoy added 23 points to help secure the win. Puriefoy played all 40 minutes and showed how he got his nickname, draining all five of Stony Brook’s 3-pointers. He notched 16 of his 23 points in the second half, and was 8-for-10 from the free-throw line. Puriefoy, who moved within 28 points for third on the Division I scoring list with 1,562 points as of Saturday, took to the fans to tell them how lucky the team is to have their support. “We want to thank everyone for coming out,” he said. “We made history. You guys have been there for us all season long, we love
Photos by Robert O’Rourk
above, Jameel Warney, with netting around his neck, steals the show for the seawolves. at top, the team and fans celebrate the team’s first division i ncaa playoff berth.
everybody and we’re going to go to the dance and make history.” Head coach Steve Pikiell, who is in his 11th season with the Seawolves, said he’s honored to finally get his team to the dance, and tried to break the ice as he joked about the historic No. 4-seeded MeN’S BaSKeTBaLL continued on page a11